Antonyms for trim
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1. trim

   That which is clean is simply free from soil or defilement of any kind. Things are orderly when in due relation to other things; a room or desk is orderly when every article is in place; a person is orderly who habitually keeps things so. Tidy denotes that which conforms to propriety in general; an unlaced shoe may be perfectly clean, but is not tidy. Neat refers to that which is clean and tidy with nothing superfluous, conspicuous, or showy, as when we speak of plain but neat attire; the same idea of freedom from the superfluous appears in the phrases "a neat speech," "a neat turn," "a neat reply," etc. A clean cut has no ragged edges; a neat stroke just does what is intended. Nice is stronger than neat, implying value and beauty; a cheap, coarse dress may be perfectly neat, but would not be termed nice. Spruce is applied to the show and affectation of neatness with a touch of smartness, and is always a term of mild contempt; as, a spruce serving man. Trim denotes a certain shapely and elegant firmness, often with suppleness and grace; as, a trim suit; a trim figure. Prim applies to a precise, formal, affected nicety. Dapper is spruce with the suggestion of smallness and slightness; natty, a diminutive of neat, suggests minute elegance, with a tendency toward the exquisite; as, a dapper little fellow in a natty business suit.

   Antonyms:
   dirty, disorderly, dowdy, negligent, rough, rude, slouchy, slovenly, soiled, uncared for, unkempt, untidy

   Synonyms:
   clean, cleanly, dapper, natty, neat, nice, orderly, prim, spruce, tidy

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1. trim

   Antonyms:
   disorder, derange, dismantle, denude, divest, disarrange

   Synonyms:
   prepare, order, deck, adjust, clip, embellish, arrange

Matched Categories

1. • Adjust
   • Attitude
   • Balance
   • Be
   • Cut
   • Decorate
   • Neatness
   • Ship

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1. trim, trimnessnoun

   a state of arrangement or appearance

   "in good trim"

   Antonyms:
   untidy, fancy, fat

   Synonyms:
   trimness, trimming, clipping, passementerie

2. trimming, trim, passementerienoun

   a decoration or adornment on a garment

   "the trimming on a hat"; "the trim on a shirt"

   Antonyms:
   fancy, fat, untidy

   Synonyms:
   passementerie, trimming, clipping, trimness

3. trimnoun

   attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation

   Antonyms:
   untidy, fat, fancy

   Synonyms:
   trimness, trimming, clipping, passementerie

4. trim, trimming, clippingadjective

   cutting down to the desired size or shape

   Antonyms:
   untidy, fancy, fat

   Synonyms:
   clipping, clip, snip, cutting, trimming, press clipping, press cutting, newspaper clipping, passementerie, trimness

5. spare, trimadjective

   thin and fit

   "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise"

   Antonyms:
   untidy, fat, fancy

   Synonyms:
   unembellished, surplus, supererogatory, well-kept, tailored, scanty, spare, unornamented, extra, free, plain, redundant, supernumerary, superfluous, excess, clean-cut, bare(a), shipshape, bare, trig

6. shipshape, trim, well-keptadjective

   of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder

   "even the barn was shipshape"; "a trim little sailboat"

   Antonyms:
   untidy, fancy, fat

   Synonyms:
   trig, shipshape, tailored, maintained, well-kept, clean-cut, kept up(p), spare

7. clean-cut, trig, trimadjective

   neat and smart in appearance

   "a clean-cut and well-bred young man"; "the trig corporal in his jaunty cap"; "a trim beard"

   Antonyms:
   fancy, untidy, fat

   Synonyms:
   trig, shipshape, tailored, clear-cut, well-kept, spare, clean-cut, clear

8. tailored, trimverb

   severely simple in line or design

   "a neat tailored suit"; "tailored curtains"

   Antonyms:
   untidy, fat, fancy

   Synonyms:
   made-to-order, shipshape, tailored, well-kept, bespoken, bespoke, clean-cut, trig, spare, tailor-made

9. pare, trimverb

   remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size

   "pare one's fingernails"; "trim the photograph"; "trim lumber"

   Antonyms:
   fat, untidy, fancy

   Synonyms:
   garnish, bring down, cut back, peel, pare down, trim back, trim down, reduce, skin, cut, shave, clip, pare, crop, dress, prune, lop, whittle, snip, cut down

10. trimverb

    decorate, as with ornaments

    "trim the christmas tree"; "trim a shop window"

    Antonyms:
    untidy, fancy, fat

    Synonyms:
    trim down, shave, bring down, cut back, snip, trim back, clip, prune, dress, pare, lop, cut, garnish, reduce, cut down, crop

11. reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring downverb

    cut down on; make a reduction in

    "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"

    Antonyms:
    untidy, fancy, fat

    Synonyms:
    clip, cut out, skip, strike down, ignore, cut off, put down, lop, knock down, reduce, curtail, turn off, fell, tailor, visit, shave, quash, cut, overthrow, cut back, mow, land, turn out, lose weight, shrink, slew, rationalise, switch off, prune, melt off, trim down, snip, contract, dress, shorten, thin, make out, geld, rationalize, disregard, down, snub, push down, inflict, subvert, slim down, concentrate, garnish, slue, tighten, abbreviate, bring down, pull down, restrict, keep down, hack, impose, flash back, subdue, cut down, deoxidise, burn, subjugate, curb, issue, edit, edit out, come down, repress, let down, foreshorten, dilute, write out, thin out, curve, swerve, get down, scale down, crop, drop, take down, boil down, pare, slenderize, trend, lower, abridge, deoxidize, sheer, slash, veer, overturn, decoct, slim, trim back

12. trimverb

    balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces

    "trim an airplane"

    Antonyms:
    untidy, fancy, fat

    Synonyms:
    trim down, shave, bring down, cut back, snip, trim back, clip, prune, dress, pare, lop, cut, garnish, reduce, cut down, crop

13. trimverb

    be in equilibrium during a flight

    "The airplane trimmed"

    Antonyms:
    fancy, untidy, fat

    Synonyms:
    trim down, shave, bring down, cut back, snip, trim back, clip, prune, dress, pare, lop, cut, garnish, reduce, cut down, crop

14. trim, garnish, dressverb

    decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods

    Antonyms:
    fat, untidy, fancy

    Synonyms:
    line up, decorate, pare, dress, crop, clip, preen, apparel, shave, trim down, primp, prune, garment, cut, trim back, dress out, arrange, garb, cut down, raiment, coiffe, reduce, groom, coiffure, do, get dressed, garnishee, plume, coif, garnish, curry, fit out, habilitate, dress up, bring down, clothe, tog, cut back, enclothe, set, snip, lop

15. snip, clip, crop, trim, lop, dress, prune, cut backverb

    cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

    "dress the plants in the garden"

    Antonyms:
    fancy, untidy, fat

    Synonyms:
    line up, pare, work, crop, dress out, shave, preen, apparel, range, trim down, primp, prune, garment, snip off, cut, curtail, jog, trim back, browse, garnish, arrange, sever, garb, cut down, raiment, pasture, coiffe, reduce, habilitate, discerp, coiffure, do, flash back, get dressed, rationalize, curb, plume, rationalise, cut short, coif, nip off, curry, restrict, fit out, clip, trot, dress up, decorate, cultivate, bring down, clothe, graze, tog, cut back, enclothe, set, snip, lop, dress, groom

16. shave, trimverb

    cut closely

    "trim my beard"

    Antonyms:
    untidy, fancy, fat

    Synonyms:
    plane, trim down, garnish, bring down, cut back, prune, trim back, crop, reduce, cut down, cut, shave, clip, pare, dress, lop, knock off, snip

17. trimverb

    adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used

    Antonyms:
    fancy, untidy, fat

    Synonyms:
    trim down, shave, bring down, cut back, snip, trim back, clip, prune, dress, pare, lop, cut, garnish, reduce, cut down, crop

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1. trimadjective

   Synonyms:
   spruce, smart, neat, tidy

2. trimverb

   Synonyms:
   adjust, arrange, decorate, adorn, garnish, embellish, bedeck, trick, prune, clip, lop, rebuke, reprove, reprimand, rate, scold

How to use trim in a sentence?

1. Robert Bacarella:

   This is such an over-owned company and this gives them an excuse to say 'Maybe I'll trim some back because it adds a new question mark'.

2. Walmart Supercenters:

   Our new vests have a modernized style that takes advantage of trim detail and screen printing to introduce color in an eye-catching way.

3. Kim Catechis:

   If the company continues to demonstrate a willingness to trim its debt and the government doesn't deviate from its plan.

4. Mike Holmes:

   I love the show. This is a really feel-good— this is the mom and dad, kids sit-down and watch— show. Why? We’re bringing nine deserving families—nine couples—that are coming in to compete to win a home. they’ve got to step into my world…. They’re gonna learn from me. They’re gonna learn dry wall. They’re gonna learn flooring, tiles, trim, you name it, construction, and they don’t know anything about construction. From morning till night, they sleep on the job site.

5. Omar Fall:

   We’re also looking at them to reduce the scope of their European retail operations, preferably to zero, and to trim back the residual German retail operations.

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